From 1863 to 1943, a large part of the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai was an international free city. Nineteen nations had joined forces to administer a cosmopolitan, autonomous city-state. In the wake of World War I, Germany and Austria-Hungary were excluded from this unique political arrangement. The section of the coat of arms and flag symbolizing Germany was removed, leaving a blank white space in its place. Austria’s emblem, however, was not removed from the coat of arms or the flag....

Many Citizens and Friends of Duckionary have an academic background. The Archduke of Duckionary himself is a civis academicus. The founding of the Akademische Turnverbindung Duckonia Panagua was therefore a logical and consistent step. Student fraternities are (almost) as old as the very concept of the university itself. However, it was not until the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century that student fraternities evolved into their modern forms. With the Parliamentary Monarchy of...

August 2026 marked the end of the 14-year existence of an autonomous region that had garnered significant international attention for its social experiment and its vital contribution to the Global War on Terrorism: the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. What made the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, better known as Rojava, so unique? Women's full emancipation; direct-democratic structures based on a council system that actively involved...